#aye

The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James and of the sort. But the record that got me was a record by Derek Sampson, who was a young guy, called 'Boogie Express,' and it was boogie-woogie. Really, it was on fire, and that got me. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#boogie #called #dancing #derek #express

There are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#blow #budget #difference #game #go

First off, it's wonderful how much people are supporting me and felt I should have stayed in the competition. ↗

— LaToya London

#felt #first #how #i #me

When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school. ↗

— Dave Lombardo

#childhood #forming #high #high school #i

We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#assisting #certain #come #could #devil

It seems so long ago that I played the part of the Doctor. ↗

— Patrick Troughton

#doctor #i #long #part #played

I played classical as a kid. ↗

— John Legend

#i #kid #played

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players. ↗

— Michael Michele

#because #i #i think #opposing #people

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. ↗

— Jelly Roll Morton

#jazz music #music #played #plenty #rhythm

Race is a layer of being, but not a culmination. ↗

— Thylias Moss

#culmination #layer #race